Robert G Athearn

Biographic Data

ID679992
NAMERobert G Athearn
GIVEN NAMESRobert G
FAMILY NAMEAthearn
SIGNATUREATHEARN R G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Colorado System
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS53
TOTAL CITATIONS10
AUTHOR COUNT53
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1948
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1988
H-INDEX2

  • The Mythic West in Twentieth Century America

    Vine Deloria, Robert G AthearnARTICLEThe American Indian Quarterly1988

    If any serious criticism should be leveled against Friesen's book, it relates to balance.The pre-1900 period receives detailed attention, while more recent periods are less well covered.Nonetheless, The Canadian Prairies is highly successful and is already widely used in all parts of Canada.The book should be of substantial interest to students of the western portions of the United States.The 'medicine line," as nineteenth-century Indians describ…

  • The Mythic West in Twentieth-Century America

    Larry D Ball, Robert G AthearnARTICLEThe Arkansas Historical Quarterly1987

    If any serious criticism should be leveled against Friesen's book, it relates to balance.The pre-1900 period receives detailed attention, while more recent periods are less well covered.Nonetheless, The Canadian Prairies is highly successful and is already widely used in all parts of Canada.The book should be of substantial interest to students of the western portions of the United States.The 'medicine line," as nineteenth-century Indians describ…

  • Frontier Myths and Images

    Wilbur R Jacobs, Robert G Athearn et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1987

  • The Mythic West in Twentieth-Century America

    Laurence M Hauptman, Robert G AthearnARTICLEJournal of American History1987

    Journal Article The Mythic West in Twentieth-Century America. By Robert G. Athearn. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1986. xii + 319 pp. $25.00.) Get access Laurence M. Hauptman Laurence M. Hauptman State University of New York, New Paltz Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 2, September 1987, Page 545, https://doi.org/10.2307/1900110 Published: 01 September 1…

  • The Mythic West in Twentieth-Century America

    Patricia Nelson Limerick, Robert G AthearnARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1987

    Journal Article The Mythic West in Twentieth-Century America Get access The Mythic West in Twentieth-Century America. By Athearn Robert G.. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1986. xi + 319 pp. Illustrations, map, index. $25.00.) Patricia Nelson Limerick Patricia Nelson Limerick University of Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 18, Issue 3, July 1987, Pages 343…

  • Gentlemen Emigrants: From the British Public Schools to the Canadian Frontier

    Robert G Athearn, Patrick A DunaeARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1983

    Gentlemen Emigrants: From the British Public Schools to the Canadian Frontier Gentlemen Emigrants: From the British Public Schools to the Canadian Frontier. By Dunae Patrick A.. (Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre, 1981. viii + 276 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $16.95.) Robert G. Athearn Robert G. Athearn University of Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Vol…

  • Pacifying the Plains: General Alfred Terry and the Decline of the Sioux, 1866-1890

    Robert G Athearn, John W BaileyARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1980

    Journal Article Pacifying the Plains: General Alfred Terry and the Decline of the Sioux, 1866–1890 Get access Pacifying the Plains: General Alfred Terry and the Decline of the Sioux, 1866–1890. By Bailey John W.. (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1979. xiv + 236 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $18.95.) Robert G. Athearn Robert G. Athearn University of Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic G…

  • In Search of Canaan: Black Migration to Kansas, 1879-80

    Nell Irvin Painter, Robert G AthearnARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1979

  • In Search of Canaan: Black Migration to Kansas, 1879-80

    Rudolph M Lapp, Robert G AthearnARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1979

    Journal Article In Search of Canaan: Black Migration to Kansas, 1879–80 Get access In Search of Canaan: Black Migration to Kansas, 1879–80. By Athearn Robert G.. (Lawrence: Regents Press of Kansas, 1978. xii, 338 p. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $14.00.) Rudolph M. Lapp Rudolph M. Lapp College of San Mateo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 10, Issue 4, Octobe…

  • The Coloradans

    Harwood P Hinton, Robert G AthearnARTICLEJournal of American History1978

    Journal Article The Coloradans. By Robert G. Athearn. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1976. viii + 430 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $15.00.) Get access Harwood P. Hinton Harwood P. Hinton University of Arizona Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 64, Issue 4, March 1978, Pages 1124–1125, https://doi.org/10.2307/1890793 Publis…

  • America's Frontier Culture: Three Essays

    Robert G Athearn, Ray Allen BillingtonARTICLEJournal of American History1978

    Journal Article America's Frontier Culture: Three Essays. By Ray A. Billington. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1977. 97 pp. Notes. $5.00.) Get access Robert G. Athearn Robert G. Athearn University of Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 65, Issue 3, December 1978, Pages 765–766, https://doi.org/10.2307/1901453 Published: 01 December 1978

  • Scottish Capital on the American Credit Frontier

    Robert G Athearn, W G KerrARTICLEJournal of American History1977

    Journal Article Scottish Capital on the American Credit Frontier. By W. G. Kerr. (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1976. xvi + 246 pp. Illustrations, table, notes, bibliography, and index. $13.00.) Get access Robert G. Athearn Robert G. Athearn University of Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 64, Issue 1, June 1977, Pages 170–171, https://doi.org/10.2307…

  • The Coloradans

    William T Eagan, Robert G AthearnARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1977

    Journal Article The Coloradans Get access The Coloradans. By Athearn Robert G.. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1976. viii, 430 p. Illustrations, photographs, maps, bibliographical essay, index. $15.00.) William T. Eagan William T. Eagan Southern Colorado State College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 8, Issue 4, October 1977, Pages 459–460, https://doi.org…

  • Custer in Texas: An Interrupted Narrative

    Robert G Athearn, John M CarrollARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1976

  • Union Pacific Country

    Richard C Overton, Robert G AthearnARTICLEJournal of American History1972

    Journal Article Union Pacific Country. By Robert G. Athearn. (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1971. 480 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes and references, bibliography, notes on sources, and index. $15.00.) Get access Richard C. Overton Richard C. Overton University of Western Ontario Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 58, Issue 4, March 1972, Pages 1029–1030, https://doi.org/10.2307/19…

  • Union Pacific Country

    Gerald T White, Robert G AthearnARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1972

    Journal Article Union Pacific Country Get access Union Pacific Country. By Athearn Robert G.. (New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1971. xiii, 480 p. Illustrations, photographs, maps, bibliography, notes and references, index. $15.00.) Gerald T. White Gerald T. White University of California, Irvine Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 1972, Pages 85–86, ht…

  • The Frontier Challenge: Response to the Trans-Mississippi West

    Robert G Athearn, John G ClarkARTICLEJournal of American History1971

    Journal Article The Frontier Challenge: Response to the Trans-Mississippi West. Ed. by John G. Clark. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1971. vii + 307 pp. Notes. $10.00.) Get access Robert G. Athearn Robert G. Athearn University of Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 58, Issue 3, December 1971, Pages 765–767, https://doi.org/10.2307/1893776 Published: 01 Decem…

  • A View from the High Country

    Robert G AthearnARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1971

    A View from the High Country Get access Robert G. Athearn Robert G. Athearn professor of history The University of Colorado. He has served as book review editor for Montana: the magazine of Western History, and serves on the editorial boards of Arizona and the West and the Western Historical Quarterly. This is the fourth in a series of autobiographical essays by past presidents of the Western History Association Search for other works by this aut…

  • The Great Platte River Road: The Covered Wagon Mainline Via Fort Kearney to Fort Laramie

    Robert G Athearn, Merrill J MattesARTICLEJournal of American History1970

    Journal Article The Great Platte River Road: The Covered Wagon Mainline Via Fort Kearny To Fort Laramie. By Merrill J. Mattes. Volume XXV of Nebraska State Historical Society Publications. ([Lincoln]: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1969. xv + 583 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, bibliography, and index. $7.95.) Get access Robert G. Athearn Robert G. Athearn University of Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Googl…

  • A Brahmin in Buffaloland

    Robert G AthearnARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1970

    A Brahmin in Buffaloland Get access Robert G. Athearn Robert G. Athearn Professor of History A Former President of Western History Association, is at the University of Colorado. His history of the Union Pacific Railroad will appear in 1970 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 1970, Pages 21–34, https://doi.org/10.2307/967402 Published: 01 January 1970

  • William Tecumseh Sherman: Gold Rush Banker

    Robert G Athearn, Dwight L ClarkeARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1970

  • The Rockies

    Robert G Athearn, David LavenderARTICLEJournal of American History1968

    Journal Article The Rockies. By David Lavender. (New York: Harper & Row, 1968. 404 pp. Maps, notes, bibliography, and index. $8.95.) Get access Robert G. Athearn Robert G. Athearn University of Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 55, Issue 3, December 1968, Page 662, https://doi.org/10.2307/1891058 Published: 01 December 1968

  • The Nevada Adventure

    Robert G Athearn, James W HulseARTICLEThe American Historical Review1966

  • John Spring's Arizona

    Robert G Athearn, Anders Gustafson et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1966

    Journal Article John Spring's Arizona. Ed. by A. M. Gustafson. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1966. 326 pp. Illustrations and index. $7.50.) Get access Robert G. Athearn Robert G. Athearn University of Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 53, Issue 3, December 1966, Pages 604–605, https://doi.org/10.2307/1887596 Published: 01 December 1966

  • The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indian

    Robert G Athearn, Ralph K AndristARTICLEJournal of American History1965Cited by: 5

    Journal Article The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indian. By Ralph K. Andrist. (New York: Macmillan, 1964. ix + 371 pp. Maps, illustrations, bibliography, and index. $8.95.) Get access Robert G. Athearn Robert G. Athearn University of Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 52, Issue 2, September 1965, Pages 379–380, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908841 Published: …